Tony, could you tell us what these 2 new 2016 books will be about, especially #45 Emperor’s Mercenary? Could that be about Emperor Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor of western Europe since the Romans?

Hi Andy, nice to hear from you. Casca 44 Balkan Mercenary is going to be set in 1991 or 1992 during the Croatian-Serbian war in Eastern Slavonia. Casca is hired to rid the world of a particularly nasty warlord leading a group of Serbian irregulars intent on ethnic cleansing. Its a straightforward mission. Casca and a small group of mercs are sent in under covert UN approval to take him out.

Casca 45 Emperor’s Mercenary is the follow-up to Casca 37 Roman Mercenary. Casca and Flavius enter a war-torn Italy and seek to join Honorious’ legions again but during the visit to Ravenna they get hired instead by one of his court officials to undertake a delicate mission that could have ramifications long into the future.